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Tar Heels Face Off With Wildcats For Sweet 16 Spot

TUCSON, Ariz. – The fifth-seeded North Carolina women's basketball team will compete in hostile territory Monday evening for the opportunity to extend the season, taking on host Arizona for a spot in the Greensboro Region Sweet 16.

Game time at the fourth-seeded Wildcats' McKale Center is 10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. in Mountain Standard Time. The matchup, the final tip-off of the NCAA Tournament second round, will air on ESPN2.

UNC (24-6) is looking for its first Sweet 16 trip since 2015, when the Tar Heels were also playing in the Greensboro Regional. Carolina advanced with a 79-66 first-round win over Stephen F.